Longitudinal relations between parent-child conflict and children's adjustment: The role of children's sleep

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1175-1185

  Kelly, Ryan J ^a   Marks, Brian T ^b   El Sheikh, Mona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Adjustment; Parent child conflict; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP; UNITED STATES;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SLEEP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907224607     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: 15732835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9863-z     Document Type: Article

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